Re: How do I stop GUI from autoloading?

[Stephen Samuel <samuel@bcgreen.com>]

Richard Adams wrote:
> On Monday 19 May 2003 19:51, Stephen Samuel wrote:
>>Amin wrote:
>>>On Sat, May 10, 2003 at 08:42:05AM -0700, Ray Olszewski
>>>wrote:

> choose Linux it will be highlighted at the :Boot" prompt, add a "1" or a "3" 
> after it, 1 or 3 is the runlevel if any askes...
> When booted into one or 3 they are both console modes, do the following;

> cd /etc
> vi inittab
> (Got to something like line 20) a line which looks like);
> id:4:initdefault:   
> {OR}
> id:5:initdefault:
> Edit that line to;
> id:3:initdefault:
> save the file, now on the next boot linux will boot into console mode.
> 
> Find your problem at ease now and then when you are sure you can boot properly 
> change /etc/inittab back to runlevel 4 or 5 which ever your distro uses.

This solution presumes that X startup is controlled by the runlevel.
I presume that you know about TurboLinux. I really only know RedHat.
Apparently, some versions of Linux use methods other than run level
to control X-Windows startup.

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